Travel Blogs from Stara Ladoga

... had to wake up earlier today as we are driving about 200 kms away from St. Petersburg to the countryside. We are visiting StaraLadoga today and I am indeed anxious to get an idea of Russia's countryside. Russian coffee and a breakfast with a variety of ...

Pupishevo Gardening Community My friends have a small country house in Pupishevo, - a Gardening community not very far from StaraLadoga. It is about a 20 minute drive backwards from Ladoga and on the way we make a couple of stops for some minutes ...

... fill the room with light. Because of these windows though I cannot have the quality of photos I wish to have. Some of the Russian words look like Greek and there are times that I can read the names of the Saints. Russians and Greeks are Orthodox, ...

... , modest, in graceful style and known for its marvelous frescoes. This church was constructed in honour of the defenders of Russian land, possibly in honour of a victory over foreign enemies in 1164. Just opposite the Volkov river is the ...